Bundesliga: All transfers completed in summer transfer window 2023

Big names like Kane, Kim and a few others joined the Bundesliga

Football transfer windows are exciting periods during the sporting calendar every year, with fans drooling at the prospect of a new signing arriving at their club and making an impact. The summer transfer window is an opportunity for clubs to restart and build something new or add to their winning juggernaut.

The Bundesliga is a hotbed of talent and each season witnesses plenty of transfers, with high-potential youngsters arriving and seasoned pros heading off the new pastures. The 2023 summer transfer window is closed and many good players have joined the new Bundesliga club and many have left their clubs for a new journey. Here is the list of all the arrivals of new players, and the departure of old ones from the Bundesliga.

Bayern Munich

The defending Bundesliga Champions made some really good signings and also missed the opportunity to sign more quality players. Last season they somehow won the league title as Dortmund missed the opportunity to break the streak of Bayern. After the dismissal of Julian Nagelsman Bayern suffered in the league as well as in the Champions League as the new manager Thomas Tuchel was not able to help the team to win the Champions League title. This season with the arrival of English striker Harry Kane Bayern will look to win as many trophies as possible.

Arrivals: Raphael Guerreiro, Harry Kane, Min-jae Kim, Konrad Laimer , Daniel Peretz 

Departures: Bright Arrey-Mbi, Daley Blind, Joao Cancelo, Ryan Gravenberch, Lucas Hernandez, Sadio Mane, Alexander Nubel, Benjamin Pavard, Marcel Sabitzer, Johannes Schenk, Sarpreet Singh, Yann Sommer, Malik Tillman, Gabriel Vidovic, Paul Wanner

Borussia Dortmund

Dortmund star player Jude Bellingham left for Real Madrid and now they have a decent summer transfer window as they made some new signings and after a very disappointing last season, they will look to bounce back this season. They still believe in Edin Terzic and other staff, they are also placed in a group of death in the UEFA Champions League.

Arrivals: Ramy Bensebaini, Niclas Füllkrug, Thorgan Hazard, Felix Nmecha, Marcel Sabitzer

Departures: Jude Bellingham, Nnamdi Collins, Soumaila Coulibal, Mahmoud Dahoud, Raphael Guerreiro, Ansgar Knauff, Anthony Modeste, Felix Passlack, Tom Rothe, Nico Schulz , Luca Unbehaun

Bayer Leverkusen

Leverkusen will be an exciting team to watch this season as they have Xabi Alonso as their manager and he is known for his tactical flexibility, they had a really good transfer window since they brought in Arsenal star Xhaka and the young prodigy Victor. Alonso's style of play is very exciting to watch and he likes to develop young players in future we can see more and more talented players will emerge from this team.

Arrivals: Arthur, Victor Boniface, Alejandro Grimaldo, Jonas Hofmann, Matej Kovar, Gustavo Puerta, Josip Stanisic, Nathan Tella, Melvin Ukpeigb, Granit Xhaka

Departures: Charles Aranguiz), Ayman Azhil, Sardar Azmoun, Mitchel Bakker, Karim Bellarabi, Kerem Demirbay, Moussa Diaby, Joshua Eze, Sadik Fofana, Callum Hudson-Odo, Lennart Grill, Andrey Lunev, Paulinho, Patrick Pentz, Daley Sinkgraven

Augsburg

After a disappointing last season where they barely managed to survive relegation, they have improved their squad and released players with very poor performances last season. They will look to finish as high as possible this season so that they can play in European competitions.

Arrivals: Mergim Berisha, Tim Breithaupt, Finn Dahme, Lucas Ehrlich, Raphael Framberger, Kevin Mbabu, Sven Miche, Masaya Okugawa, Patric Pfeiffer, Jozo Stanic, Japhet Tanganga, Phillip Tietz, Frederik Winther

Departures: Julian Baumgartlinger, Mergim Berisha, Daniel Caligiuri, Tim Civeja, Rafal Gikiewicz, Felix Götze, Lasse Günther, Andre Hahn, Daniel Klein, Henri Koudossou, Benjamin Leneis, Maurice Malone, Ricardo Pepi , Noah Sarenren Bazee, Tobias Strobl , Renato Veiga, Kelvin Yeboah

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Overall their last season was average as their performances were not consistent and many players were not able to perform as per their expectations. Gerardo Seoane is the new manager of the team and he will try his best to take this team to a new level.

Arrivals: Fabio Chiarodia, Tomas Cvancara, Robin Hack, Franck Honorat, Jordan, Moritz Nicolas, Grant-Leon Ranos, Rocco Reitz, Lukas Ullrich, Julian Weigl, Maximilian Wöber

Departures: Ramy Bensebaini, Jordan Beyer, Oscar Fraulo, Jonas Hofmann, Jonas Kersken, Conor Noß,Lars Stindl, Semir Telalovic, Marcus Thuram

Eintracht Frankfurt

The last two seasons of Frankfurt have been very disappointing in the Bundesliga, with the newly appointed manager Dino Toppmoller who was previously the assistant manager at Bayern Munich to Julian Nagelsmann they would like to go back to the European competitions as they have got rid of players and signed some new faces.

Arrivals: Fares Chaibi, Nnamdi Collins, Davis Bautista, Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe, Noel Futkeu, Jens Petter Hauge, Ansgar Knauff, Robin Koch, Hugo Larsson, Omar Marmoush, Philipp Max, Jessic Ngankam, Niels Nkounkou, Willian Pacho, Sidney Raebiger, Kaua Santos, Ellyes Skhiri

Departures: Ragnar Ache, Ali Akman, Faride Alidou, Rafael Borre, Daichi Kamada, Christopher Lenz, Jesper Lindström , Igor Matanovic, Randal Kolo Muani, Evan Ndicka, Jerome Onguene, Diant Ramaj , Jan SchröderHens, Djibril Sow, Almamy Toure

Freiburg

This season they will play in UEFA Europa League, many were not expecting them to perform well like this last season. But to everyone's surprise, they will play at the European competitions. They didn't sign many players since their squad performed very well.

Arrivals: Junior Adamu, Florian Müller, Maximilian Philipp

Departures: Nishan Burkart, Kimberly Ezekwem, Mark Flekken, Woo-yeong Jeong, Nils Petersen, Kevin Schade, Keven Schlotterbeck, Jonathan Schmid, Lino Tempelmann, Robert Wagner

Heidenheim

In the second division last season, they were exceptional and impressed everyone with their performances as they gained promotions as the table toppers of the Bundesliga 2. Their only aim this season will be to remain in the Bundesliga and then build the team for more achievements.

Arrivals: Eren Dinkci, Nikola Dovedan, Benedikt Gimber, Marvin Pieringer, Melvin Ramusovic, Tim Siersleben, Omar Traore

Departures: Mert Arslan, Merveille Biankadi, Dzenis Burnic, Andreas Geipl, Marvin Rittmüller

Hoffenheim

With the squad that they had last season, they were not able to perform well and finished twelfth in the table and many players left the club due to some disagreements with contract issues. They will look to finish as his as they can this season.

Arrivals: Mergim Berisha, Kasim Adams, Maximilian Beier, Melayro Bogarde, Marius Bülter, Florian Grillitsch, Marco John, Justin Justvan, Diadie Samassekou, Anton Stach, Attila Szalai, Wout Weghorst

Departures: Angelino, Fisnik Asllani, Christoph Baumgartner, Ermin Bicakcic, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Justin Che, Munas Dabbur, Muhammed Damar, Thomas Delaney, Kasper Dolberg, Philipp Pentke, Stefan Posch, Eduardo Quaresma, Lucas Ribeiro, Sebastian Rudy, Angelo Stiller

Mainz

Overall Mainz had a very good summer transfer window and they signed some quality players to boost their squad. In every season they finish middle of the table and they will definitely try their best to finish as high as possible.

Arrivals: Daniel Batz , Tom Krauß, Phillipp Mwene, Merveille Papela, Marco Richter, Sepp van den Berg

Departures: Ben Bobzien, Delano Burgzorg, Finn Dahmen , Angelo Fulgini, Alexander Hack, Marcus Ingvartsen , Lucas Laux, Anderson Lucoqui, Aaron Martin, Kaito Mizuta, Marlon Mustapha, Ronael Pierre-Gabriel, Anton Stach

RB Leipzig

Leipzig has a young squad and they are known to produce very talented young players in Europe. With new signings, they will look to challenge for the league title as well as perform well in the Champions League. The German giants parted ways with a number of players, but have replaced them with top-notch talents.

Arrivals: Christoph Baumgartner, El Chadaille Bitshiabu, Fabio Carvalho, Christopher Lenz, Castello Lukeba, Ilaix Moriba, Hugo Novoa, Lois Openda, Nicolas Seiwald, Benjamin Sesko, Xavi Simons, Leopold Zingerle

Departures: Angelino, Sanoussy Ba, Dennis Borkowsk, Caden Clark, Abdou Diallo, Josko Gvardiol, Marcel Halstenberg , Fabrice Hartmann, Mehmet Ibrahimi, Frederik Jäkel, Tom Krauß, Konrad Laimer, Josep Martinez , Jonas Nickisch, Christopher Nkunku, Hugo Novoa, Orjan Nyland, Oskar Preil, Tim Schreiber, Andre Silva, Alexander Sorloth, Dominik Szoboszlai

Union Berlin

Year by year this team has improved their performance and now they will compete in the UEFA Champions League this season, They can be a threat to Bayern for the league title as they have signed some quality players.

Arrivals: Brenden Aaronson, Leonardo Bonucci, Laurenz Dehl, David Fofana, Robin Gosens, Lennart Grill, Benedict Hollerbach, Mikkel Kaufmann, Alex Kral , Diogo Leite, Alexander Schwolow, Lucas Tousart, Kevin Volland

Departures: Timo Baumgartl, Mathis Bruns, Keita Endo, Niko Gießelmann, Lennart Grill, Dominique Heintz, Jordan, Jamie Leweling, Tim Maciejewski, Sven Michel, Kevin Möhwald, Levin Öztunali, Milos Pantovic, David Preu, Tymoteusz Puchacz, Tim Skarke, Morten Thorsby, Paul Seguin, Rick van Drongelen

VfB Stuttgart

The last two seasons have been very disappointing for Stuttgart as they barely survived relegation and now will look to finish at a respectable position in the table this season.

Arrivals: Momo Cisse, Serhou Guirassy, Woo-yeong Jeong, Jamie Leweling, Matej Maglica, Roberto Massimo , Jovan Milosevic, Maximilian Mittelstädt, Alexander Nübe, Leonidas Stergiou), Angelo Stiller, Deniz Undav

Departures: Antonis Aidonis, Ömer Beyaz, Tanguy Coulibaly , Wataru Endo, Wahid Faghir, Matej Maglica, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Clinton Mola, Florian Mülle, Juan Jose Perea, Luca Pfeiffer, Mohamed Sankoh, Borna Sosa, Tiago Tomas

Werder Bremen

They will look to turn their fortunes around this season as they had a decent transfer window and fans can expect a much better team this season. The club has retained a number of its star players from last season and has bid adieu to many players thus far. 

Arrivals: Rafael Borre, Oliver Burke, Olivier Deman, Daniel Ihendu, Naby Keita, Ethan Kohler, Dawid Kownacki, Senne Lynen, Justin Njinmah, Nicolai Rapp, Nick Woltemade

Departures: Mio Backhaus, Dominik Becker, Lee Buchanan, Oliver Burke, Fabio Chiarodia, Eren Dinkci, Yannik Engelhardt, Niclas Füllkrug, Ilia Gruev Manuel Mbom, Abdenego Nankishi, Kyu-hyun Park, Maximilian Philipp, Dikeni Salifou, Niklas Schmidt, Oscar Schönfelder

Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg have a good squad and with new signings, they will expect to finish in the top six this season as for the past two seasons they have not played the European competitions.

Arrivals:

Vaclav Cerny, Moritz Jenz, Ulysses Llanez, Joakim Maehle, Lovro Majer, Rogerio, Amin Sarr, Tiago Tomas , Aster Vranckx, Cedric Zesiger

Departures: Lukas Ambros, Bartosz Bialek, Franco Di Michele Sanches, Bartol Franjic (Darmstadt, loan), Josuha Guilavogui, Yoon-sang Hong, Bryang Kayo, Anselmo Garcia MacNutly, Omar Marmoush, Felix Nmecha,, Paulo Otavio), Maximilian Philipp, Marin Pongracic, Tim Siersleben, Micky van de Ven, Luca Waldschmidt

FC Koln

Koln have improved their performance in the last two seasons and will look to improve this season as well. With this squad, they can upset some good teams as their fans can expect them to remain consistent throughout all the matches.

Arrivals: Faride Alidou, Rasmus Carstensen, Julian Chabot, Jacob Christensen, Dominique Heintz, Noah Katterbach, Marvin Obuz, Jonas Nickisch, Leart Paqarada, Philipp Pentke, Luca Waldschmidt

Departures: Sebastian Andersson, Ondrej Duda, Jonas Hector, Timo Horn, Tim Lemperle, Marvin Obuz, Kingsley Schindler, Maxi Schmid, Ellyes Skhiri, Nikola Soldo, Jonas Urbig

Darmstadt

After finishing second in the Bundesliga second division and gaining promotion to the Bundesliga, they would like to stay in the Bundesliga and perform well as they acquired some really good and experienced players.

Arrivals: Morten Behrens, Nemanja Celic, Bartol Franjic, Fraser Hornby, Christoph Klarer, Matej Maglica, Andreas Müller, Fabian Nürnberge, Luca Pfeiffer, Tim Skarke

Departures: Yassin Ben Balla, Keanan Bennetts, Nemanja Celic, Henry Crosthwaite, Steve Kroll, Andre Leipold, Antonis Makatounakis, Patric Pfeiffe, John Sesay, Philipp Sonn, Phillip Tietz, Magnus Warming

VfL Bochum

Their position in the table has not changed in the last three seasons and after signing some quality players they will like to perform well and finish in the top ten in the table.

Arrivals: Bernardo, Matus Bero, Lukas Daschne, Luis Hartwig, Moritz-Broni Kwarteng, Noah Loosli ), Lys Mousset, Tim Oermann, Ivan Ordets, Felix Passlack, Goncalo Paciencia, Moritz Römling, Keven Schlotterbeck , Niclas Thiede, Maximilian Wittek

Departures: Silvere Ganvoula, Jacek Goralski, Paul Grave, Luis Hartwig), Dominique Heintz, Gerrit Holtmann, Jannes Horn, Saidy Janko, Marko Johansson, Pierre Kunde, Vasilios Lampropoulos, Kostas Stafylidis , Simon Zoller